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Wu Yuan and several screenwriters from the company's screenwriting department have almost perfected the script of the movie "The Monkey King".

Just like Marvel, Guangying Times now also has a group of screenwriters who specialize in writing scripts for fantasy film universes. They have all been trained over the past decade or so. The earliest few even entered the industry when Guangying Times was making idol TV dramas.

After so many years of training, and having written seven or eight fantasy film universe movies, these screenwriters may not be considered "all-rounders", but they are considered professionals when it comes to commercial popcorn movies, especially superhero-like movies.

Is there any specialization in the art industry?

Even Wu Yuan, a director who has shot many commercial blockbusters, frequently communicated with these screenwriters when he was writing the script for "The Monkey King", absorbed their suggestions, and finally made a perfect script.

In the final version of the script, there are a total of four and a half important actors.

The male protagonist is Sun Wu, the female protagonist is A Zi, the important supporting actor is Lu Yicheng, and the villain is King Dapeng.

Needless to say, the male lead, Sun Wukong, has basically been confirmed to be Zhang Yishan.

The role of the heroine A Zi in the movie is just a vase and to motivate the male protagonist. Just like most commercial popcorn movies, the purpose of the heroine's existence is to embellish the picture and buff the male protagonist.

In the movie, the most important plot of A Zi is when Sun Wukong failed the inheritance trial for the first time and wanted to give up, she encouraged and supported him, and finally helped him regain his confidence. She is a classic supporting female protagonist.

The character of Lu Yicheng is the comedian. His existence is similar to that of the fat boy Ned in the new version of Spider-Man. He is a character who makes jokes and provides laughter.

After all, a movie cannot have a tense rhythm all the time, and it needs a certain amount of humor to adjust the audience's emotions.

And the "half" leading actor is naturally King Dapeng, because this Dapeng demon king appears as "Dapeng" most of the time in the movie. Even when he transformed during the battle with Sun Wukong's monkey hair clone, he was still a monster with a human body and a big peng head. After all, this is in line with the image of monsters in the minds of the Chinese people.

As we all know, the image of monsters in the minds of Chinese people is that female monsters are very anthropomorphic and extremely charming, while male monsters all have human bodies and monster heads, as if they were incompletely evolved. Wu Yuan has no intention of breaking this stereotype.

Therefore, the Dapeng Demon King hardly shows his face, relying solely on special effects to make up, and only half of his face is shown, so of course he is only half the protagonist.

In addition, Wu Yuan also needs to find a "Sun Wukong". If nothing unexpected happens, this role will have to be invited to Liu Xiao Ling Tong. Although his reputation was somewhat damaged due to the "two blossoms" incident, it is true that only his image of Sun Wukong is the most popular, and no one is more suitable to play Sun Wukong than him.

Even most of the netizens who verbally curse him on the Internet will still watch him happily when they see him play the role of Sun Wukong.

In fact, besides him, there is another option that is not a bad choice, that is Stephen Chow’s version of Sun Wukong, which is also very memorable and can also bring the heavy sense of "inheritance".

After all, "A Chinese Odyssey" has almost become a myth among Chinese movie fans. A movie that flopped at the box office when it was released has become more and more of a classic over time, and is even hailed as a masterpiece. It has also given the character of "Supreme Treasure" a national influence.

Just wanting Stephen Chow to come out of retirement and act in a movie again is undoubtedly a hellishly difficult thing to do. He has long been determined not to appear in the screen anymore, and he has not done anything to maintain his personal image. Now he has a head full of white hair and looks very old. Although the theme of "The Monkey King" is "inheritance", the Monkey King in the movie story is not looking for an heir because he is old and dying. He is living well in the earthly world!
However, in the worldview of the movie universe, the human world has been cut off from heaven and earth, and the immortals have returned to the earthly realm and can no longer interfere with the human world. So when a crisis occurs on Earth, Sun Wukong wants to pass on some of his power that he has left on Earth to a mortal on Earth, so that he can take on the responsibility of protecting the Earth.

The Monkey King is still the majestic Monkey King, not an old monkey with a staggering gait and white hair!

Under such circumstances, Mr. Liu Xiao Ling Tong, who is in very good shape and very eager to play the role of Sun Wukong, seems to be the most suitable choice.

So Wu Yuan also chose to send an invitation to Liu Xiao Ling Tong to perform.

Apart from anything else, he believed that Teacher Liu, who was obsessed with the role of "Sun Wukong" and was very utilitarian, would definitely accept the invitation.

Moreover, he would not have any objection to the image of "Sun Wukong" in the script. After all, the protagonist of this story is "Sun Wukong", and there is no adaptation or parody of Sun Wukong.
In fact, it was just as Wu Yuan guessed. As soon as Guangying Times sent the invitation to Teacher Liu, he immediately agreed and said that it was a great honor to work with a great director like Wu Yuan.

Well, there is no way. His Monkey King movie that was a success on both sides of the Pacific has been shelved and all projects have been cancelled. He is currently being ridiculed and mocked by netizens. How could he refuse such an opportunity to revive the image of "Monkey King"?

Wu Yuan also started looking for other roles in the movie "The Monkey King".

There were no special auditions or open selections. Wu Yuan simply took a list of currently active actors in mainland China and started studying it himself. If he thought someone was suitable, he would invite them privately to meet, discuss the script, and have a trial performance.

In this way, it took him two months, and by the National Day of 2017, he had basically decided on the cast of the leading actors.

As for the heroine A Zi, since the role only required a vase and did not require high acting skills, Wu Yuan finally chose Tang Yan, who had the most suitable image.

The reason for choosing her is very simple, this girl is quite suitable for the image of "Fairy Zixia". In the original time and space, she was quite bold to take on the sequel of "A Chinese Odyssey". Although the movie was a bad one, her acting was not very good, the box office flopped and the reputation collapsed, but her look was indeed very stunning like the version starring Athena Chu.

The character of A Zi in "The Monkey King" is actually based on the image and background of Fairy Zixia in "A Chinese Odyssey", which can be considered a tribute.

Wu Yuan finally decided to cast Qiao Shan for the comedy role of Lu Yichong, if for no other reason than that his face was funny enough.

He also performed very well in "Sewing Machine Band" released this year, so there is no problem for him to play a comedic role in a movie.

Wu Yuan asked Zhang Hanyu to play the final Dapeng demon king, simply because he has a good body!
Because this character has a human body and a bird head, although the eyes, chin and other parts are exposed, most of the face has to be covered with special effects makeup, so this character's figure is the main thing to look at, and the setting in the movie is that when he transforms into a human form, he will be shirtless.

Among the male actors with good figures at present, if Peng Yuyan is not used, Zhang Hanyu is the most suitable!
In this way, Wu Yuan has selected the main cast for "The Monkey King", and he still does not seek the most famous actors, but only the ones who best fit the characters! (End of this chapter)